From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,SUBJECT_EXCESS_QP autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 Received: from mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.105]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA199BC6C for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 15:53:47 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Aj0KALFvoUfUnw6Dnmdsb2JhbACCNo11AQEBAQEGBAYHChgcmSs X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,285,1199660400"; d="scan'208";a="22020201" Received: from pih-relay04.plus.net ([212.159.14.131]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 31 Jan 2008 15:53:47 +0100 Received: from [80.229.56.224] (helo=beast.local) by pih-relay04.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1JKanU-0001kZ-AL for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:53:48 +0000 From: Jon Harrop Organization: Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Using dynlink (native code and byte code) for the =?utf-8?q?build=09system?= Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:48:38 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.7 References: <47A19CA2.9010303@exalead.com> <47A1E008.1040808@frisch.fr> In-Reply-To: <47A1E008.1040808@frisch.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200801311448.38703.jon@ffconsultancy.com> X-Plusnet-Relay: 042def727e41cb044619fe8f375c06f9 X-Spam: no; 0.00; dynlink:01 byte:01 frisch:01 berke:01 durak:01 fwiw:01 ocaml:01 frog:98 wrote:01 wrote:01 dynamically:01 caml-list:01 alain:01 alain:01 native:03 On Thursday 31 January 2008 14:49:44 Alain Frisch wrote: > Berke Durak wrote: > > Thank to Alain Frisch's natdynlink, it is now possible to dynamically > > load native code plugins. > > Only on some platforms! Please don't make the availability of exotic > features mandatory for the build system to work. FWIW, I think natdynlink should be a core feature of OCaml going forwards because it is useful in so many circumstances, not least the performant top-level. -- Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/?e